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United States Patent | 5,194,207 |
Tokuda ,   et al. | March 16, 1993 |
A fishing rod is manufactured by forming a tubular small diameter portion on an outer surface of a rod material. The small diameter portion is formed continuous with and between a pair of walls substantially perpendicular to an axis of the rod material. Then a seat base is formed by placing a pair of dies around the small diameter portion and injecting a heated thermoplastic resin into a cavity (inside space) defined by the dies.
Inventors: | Tokuda; Isamu (Sakai, JP); Matsumoto; Kiyohiko (Sakai, JP); Saeki; Jun (Sakai, JP) |
Assignee: | Shimano, Inc. (Osaka, JP) |
Appl. No.: | 711873 |
Filed: | June 7, 1991 |
Jun 14, 1990[JP] | 2-156469 | |
Sep 28, 1990[JP] | 2-262355 |
Current U.S. Class: | 264/129; 156/187; 156/193; 264/138; 264/255; 264/258; 264/279; 264/318 |
Intern'l Class: | B29C 045/14; A01K 087/06 |
Field of Search: | 264/257,255,155,129,138,139,250,258,259,279,318,328.1 156/168,172,187,193 |
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4762584 | Aug., 1988 | Andreasen et al. | 156/245. |
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